Multi-Touch Apple Tablet To Finally Launch In Early 2010?

Are you ready to believe...again? After years and years of rumors,
we're being presented with yet another round of rumors on a supposed
Apple Tablet. In fact, we covered this very rumor way back in 2007, and
obviously nothing of the sort has surfaced yet. That said, there were
rumors of the iPhone for years before it ever became a reality, so we
can't completely discount the possibility that an Apple Tablet has been
in the oven for years on end.

In fact, that's exactly what AppleInsider is suggesting in a new piece
on the matter. The site states that the Apple Tablet has been in the
works for at least four years, and after an absurd amount of setbacks,
the company is finally pushing forward to an "early 2010" launch. As
early as two days ago, Apple's top brass reiterated that it had no
interest in competing at the bottom end of the notebook market,
suggesting that an Apple netbook was about as far from reality as
possible. However, the executives left open the possibility that Apple
was dabbling in some other facet of computing, and while we don't
envision an Apple Tablet being cheap if it's ever produced, there's
still a good shot that such a product could grab a foothold in the
fledgling market.

If the latest round of rumors prove true, the forthcoming device will
boast a 10" display, 3G data built-in and other features that will make
it look somewhat like a "jumbo iPod touch." As the story goes, the
Tablet project has been reset over six times in the past two years as
Steve Jobs continued to start things over in an attempt to really
perfect it. An early 2010 launch makes a lot of sense. Apple won't be
showcasing at Macworld 2010, but next year will mark Apple's first
major showing at CES. There's hardly a better way to say hello to Vegas
than to launch a new product at the show, don't you think? So, do you
think the time is finally right for an OS X Tablet to surface? Would
you be interested in one? If multi-touch is involved, and the built-in
data isn't too expensive, we suspect this could be a huge hit.